The Guest House reservations filled up quickly for the months of October and November–much to the frustration of many of our regular visitors. Therefore you may be interested to know that, because of cancellations, there are openings again for the weekend (Friday PM through Sunday noon) of November 16-18. To make a reservation, either call […]

Come, follow; seek him. Do not let that unapproachable brightness and glory hold you back from seeking him or make you despair of finding him…If you can believe all things, all things are possible to him who believes…The Word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart…Believe and you have found him. Believing […]

If you click on the ‘slider’ above (the photos at the top of the main page of the site) you will be sent to a story about the Monastic Immersion Weekend and lots more photos that were taken by the participants.  Enjoy!

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James Orthmann presiding and preaching. It is the first Sunday of the Month and Eucharist Adoration will be observed from 4:00 PM until after Vespers (approximately 5:50 PM). All are invited to join us.

OK, this is the tricky one. There’s no quick fix for this and a quiet mind requires sacrifice. There’s no way around that. I think the first sacrifice is the biggest: my expectations. This is what I mean: do I expect interior silence to make me so serene that I float through life untroubled, undisturbed? […]

All December weekends are available in the Retreat House. Come visit and quiet your heart before preparing for the holidays. Contact Carol, Monday through Friday, at 540-955-4383 or at information@hcava.org

We received this email from Jim Polito, one of our Monastic Immersion Weekend participants and pass it on to our readers.  I think Jim’s sentiments were felt by everybody… Good morning: I just wanted to say thanks, and express my appreciation and gratitude for the great weekend at Holy Cross Abbey. I did not think […]

The Sunday liturgy takes precedence over the Memorial of St. Jerome who is worth recalling today since he devoted his entire life to the study of Holy Scripture. He translated the Bible from the original languages into Latin so that it could be accessible to everyone in his culture in an as accurate a form as was humanly possible. […]

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching.

As the participants in our Monastic Immersion Weekend joined the monks in choir this morning I think we all had the same immediate thought:  ‘oh that we had 23 men in choir again!’  Our community is small so our Monastic Immersion Weekend participants were a wonderful addition for Vigils and Lauds this morning. The MIW […]